The Andhra Pradesh government has revised the earlier Sand policy in the state and made it available for free of cost for the public. However the government is collecting the cost of operations which shall include the expenditure for activities such as excavation, loading, transportation to sale point, ramp maintenance, administrative expenses etc. These charges shall be borne by the consumers procuring the sand.
Steps to Procure Sand in AP from stock points
The public can follow the steps below to procure the sand from the stock points.(Sand depots)
- All the depots/destination points (referred as”stockyard”) such as location, available sand quantity, notified charges shall be displayed in DMG Website (www.mines.ap.gov.in) on a daily basis to inform the public. Post verifying the availability consumers can visit the stock yard.
- The consumers requiring sand shall be required to go to their desired stockyard to purchase sand.
- At the stockyard, the stockyard in-charge shall
- Collect all relevant details of the consumer such as Aadhaar number., Mobile number, Delivery Address, Vehicle Number of transport.
- Collect the notified charges through digital mode (i.e., UPI) and issue sale receipt/lnvoice to the consumer.
- Allot sand to the consumers on a first-come first-serve basis and oversee the loading of sand into the vehicle.
- The dispatch permits shall be issued manually on the secured stationary as an immediate measure.
- The stockyard in-charges shall ensure that the stockyards operate only from 6 AM to 6 PM.
- They shall further reconcile the sand dispatches made during the day and upload the daily dispatch data on the online portal developed by DMG by 8 PM every day
Note: The consumers shall make their own transportation arrangements for transporting sand from the stockyard to the destination.
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